Legal Opinion
Howard M. Kahalas, PC v. Schiller
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided February 18, 2016No. Civil Action No. 15-13255-NMGPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
GORTON, United States District Judge.
This dispute is internecine. It arises from allegations that one attorney intentionally and maliciously defamed another law firm so that its client would retain a third attorney to represent her in a personal injury action.
Pending before the Court is defendant attorney’s motion to dismiss the complaint or, in the alternative, to require a more definite statement. For the reasons that follow, the motion to dismiss will be allowed, in part, and denied, in part, and the motion to require a more definite statement will be denied.
I. Background
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